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7.06.2018Bundesliga

Leon Bailey voted newcomer of the year

Leon Bailey has been voted the best newcomer of the 2017/18 season by his fellow Bundesliga pros. With 29.3 per cent of the votes cast, the 'Silver Arrow' award from the players' union 'Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler e.V.' (VDV) this year goes to the Werkself number nine.
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The 20-year-old Jamaican was clearly ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt's Marius Wolf (13 per cent) and Borussia Dortmund's Michy Batshuayi (7.4 per cent) in the VDV vote. In the previous vote, it was Ousmane Dembélé – now at Barcelona – who won out against Bayer 04 pro Kai Havertz.

ONLY Bayer 04 pro in team of the season

Bailey, who scored nine goals and provided six assists for Bayer 04 in the Bundesliga last term, was also named in the 'VDV Team of the Season'by his fellow professionals – along with the two defenders Philipp Max (FC Augsburg) and Naldo (Schalke 04) and midfielder Naby Keïta (RB Leipzig) he was one of only four non Bayern Munich players in the line-up. Bailey received 41.9 per cent of the votes.

Top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) was awarded the 'Silver Boot' for the best player of the season and the coaches' 'Silver Bench' award went to Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich).

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